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Archives for January 2014

Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?

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ICANN has been sent another letter by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party. However it still isn't on ICANN's correspondence page - I  found it on the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party's site. The letter, which was signed by all 28 members and represents the legal position of all 28 member states of the European Union, is diplomatic, but pretty clear. Short … [Read more...] about Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party To ICANN – Maybe You’re Hard Of Hearing?

Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name

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It's not often that I get to write about Irish companies investing in domain names, but apparently today is the day .. Silicon Republic and other outlets are reporting on the acquisition of teamwork.com by Cork company Digital Crew for €500k. They're quoting Digital Crew's Peter Coppinger on the timeline for the acquisition:   “Negotiations took over two years … [Read more...] about Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name

High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA

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Under the terms of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement registrars are obliged to conduct email verification both on new domain registrations and if there are any changes made to a domain's registration details. For those of us in the industry we suspected and feared that the changes could and would lead to issues and headaches. And it looks like it's already happened … [Read more...] about High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA

Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe

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Pool has announced today another two wins in Europe. They've been contracted to handle the auctions for both .wien (Vienna the capital of Austria) and .tirol (Tyrol, which is a region in Austria). They previously announced they'd been selected by . شبكة.(dot Shabaka) and DNS Belgium for .brussels and .vlaanderen. The two Austrian "geo" TLDs will be among the earliest … [Read more...] about Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe

Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will go on general release in the US later this month. The movie, which stars Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh and Kiera Knightley, covers the early years of Tom Clancy's fictional hero. So Paramount Pictures are doing quite a bit of marketing to raise awareness of the film.... However over on the Facebook page for the film they've … [Read more...] about Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong

ICANN Opens Hotel Reservations for London Meeting

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ICANN has quietly launched the site for this summer's meeting in London. If you're a domain geek (and since you're reading this site you probably are .. ) you might notice that the URL structure has changed. Up until now ICANN was using $city$meetingnumber.icann.org whereas now they're using meetings.icann.org/$meetingnumber I don't know if that is a significant change … [Read more...] about ICANN Opens Hotel Reservations for London Meeting

NamesCon Nearly Sold Out

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NamesCon, which is being held January 13 - 15 in Las Vegas, will sell out within the next 24 - 48 hours. This is according to an email from conference organiser Richard Lau. The event is the first of the domain name events of 2014 and is expected to draw over 400 industry experts including domain name registries, registrars, new TLD applicants and investors to Las Vegas' … [Read more...] about NamesCon Nearly Sold Out